On 7/12/2012 12:27 PM, JDL wrote:
> I would recommend checking to see if your server is using swap space a lot of the time.
I guess it is.

Here is what System Monitor says:
Pentium 4 @ 2.2
1 GB of RAM
Memory = 316.3 MiB of 993.5 MiB
Swap = 201.4 MiB of 721.6 MiB

I asked someone to send me a nice meaty email with a 5MB file 
attachment. CPU went from a steady 20% to 30% and back down to 20% while 
scanning it for viruses.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 server with KDE installed on account of graphics 
coming in handy sometimes.